Check-controlled mechanism for vending-machines.



W. H. MQMANNUS. l 03110K coNTBoLLED MBGHAMSM FOR VENDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 93.28, 1910. 4 967,418.. Patenma Aug. 16, 1910.

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W. H. MUMANNUS.

CHECK GONTROLLED MBGHANISM FOR VENDIN G MACHINES.

APPLIGATION FILED APB.. 28, 1910.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

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WW1/masa@ dit i NITEI) STATES PATENT-FF1CE.

llllLLldM ]H. McMANNUS, F LDS MGELES, CMIFRM, ASSIGMB TU U.' S. AUTO-MATIC VENDING MACHINE DMMY, lF LUS .dlGlELES, UMIFREM.

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llo all whom. 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, W'inLmM ll. hlnltlANNUs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, ,in the connty of lios Angeles, Stateof California, have invented certain new and useful linprovements inCheck-@ontrolled Mechanism for llending- Machines; and ll do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and enact description of theinvention, such as rvill enahle others skilled in the art to which ittains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vending machines and has special reference toa chech controlled mechanism for sneh machines.

@ne object of the invention is to provide an improved .forni of chechreceiving device for vending machines, the device heing adapted tocontrol a motor.

lWith the ahoveand other ohjects in vieni, as Will he hereinafterapparent, the invention consists in general of a vending ma chineprovided with a motor and delivering l device, the motor heiligcontrolled hy a novel i and improved mechanism.

rlhe invention further consists in certain novel details of constructionand eomhinations of parts hereinafter fully descrihed, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and specically set forth in the claims.

` ln the accompanying drawings, lihe characters of reference indicatelihe parts in the several views, and Figurelisasection tahen through avending machine and loohing to- Ward the front thereof, the sectionshowing the motor and controlling mea-ns and having certain partshrohenont in order to shovv the mechanism more clearly. l1" ig. Q is atransverse section similar to llig. l. ltlig. 3 is a view of one side ofa chech carrier form ing part of this mechanism. Fig. t is a sectiontaken diametrically through snch a carrier. from the side opposite tollig. 3. llig. t5 is a perspective View of a detent forming part of thecontrollingr mechanism.

'.lhe vending machine is provided ivith the usual casing d.

ln the machine here shovvn there has heen illustrated a vending machinearranged for the sale ofpencils hut it will he ohvions from what followshereinafter that the device may he adapted for nse in vending 3 machinesfor other artirles as ivell as for 1 pencils. ln the pri-.sent device apencil stori Epcciification ot Letters Patent.

Application niort April En, with.

yapperllig. 5 is a View of the carrier tahen j patenten aan.. in, raraSerial tto. ai'it. l

age chate is illnstrated and this chiite consists of spaced channelmemhers h snitahly` supported in the casing.

lhocated adjacent the hottoin of the casing is a motor here shovvn as acloch ivorh mechanism indicated in general at ld. lhis motor is to hetahen as typical of any form of motor hnt in every instance there isprovided a drive shaft ll and a motor controlling element l2. ln thepresent showing this motor controllinlg element consists of a smallrevolving trip ivhich is carried to the motor in such manner that theYspring of the motor enerts lont light torsional etllort on the trip sothat it rerjnires lint little strength to stop the trip' andconseojnently stop the motor. vlhe shaft ll entends across the'articlechiite and'is provided hetiveen the tvvo channels B with spaced starwheels 13 forming pencil delivering means. llpon the shaft il is posi-Vtioned the chech carrier, the latter heing lined to the shaft to rotatetherewith. rlhis chech carrier consists of a dish lat provided with ahoh l5 which tits npon the shaft ll. 'lhis dish lt has adjacent itscenter a series of radially arranged slots la and secnred. to one sideof the dish in alinement vvith the .slots are coin receiving pochetsllt. Ilhese pochets entend to the periphery of the dish and taperlaterally toivard the center of the dish. rlhe inner ends of thesepochets are open and terminate snhstantially in alinement with the onterends of the halos l5. llpon the opposite face of the dish ld from thepochets lh there is provided a series of detente ll each of vvhich ispivoted adjacent the periphery of the dish as indicated at lil. hach ofthese detente has an arm ld which projects throngh a respective slot lland entends across the hottom of the respective pochet ld. hach detentfarther has an arm 2li entending in the opposite direction to its :armllt and this arm all is provided ivith a notch 2l wherein is held thefree end of a spring @il which is lined to the dish lll as at :Q2-l.'llhe springs @El normally orge their respective detente ontivard .sothat the arms lll engage against the enter ends ofthe slots lli and thehottoins of the pochets ld. llhe arms Elli of these detente projecttoward the motor itl and are so positioned on the dish that as thelatter revolves vvith the ll these arms will intersect the path of theend 'of the nieniher lit so that this nieinher lil tit) tid

ltltl ldd lllll will strike the detents 20 and the motor be stoppedthereby, the gearing between the member l2 and the shaft 1l being soarranged that 'the detents move in one direction while the contactingend of the member 12 moves faster in this direction each other.

At- C is a coin chute of any preferred construction and this coin chuteis so arranged that a coin passing down therethrough will drop directlyinto one of the pockets 16. The mouth of the coin chute C is preferablyarranged so that it is vertically above the shaft 11, the coin thuspassing into the uppermost of the pockets 16. N ow, in the operation ofthis device when a coin is passed downward through the coin chute itwill drop into the uppermost pocket 16. This will cause the spring 22to` yield and permit the free end of the detent 17 which has its arm 19across the bottom of said pocket to move inward. As this detent movesinward its arm. 20,

when passwhich has been in engagement with the member 12, will releasethis member and permit the latter to revolve. As soon as the member 12is released the motor starts and this causes the shaft 11 to revolveuntil the next detent 20 comes into position'to be struck by the -member12. As this detent engages said member the motor will be stopped. -'Iheposition of the d'uetent with a coin in the pocket is clearlyillustrated in `igs. 3, 4 and 5 where the uppermost detent is shown insuch position.' Now, as the carrier again revolves upon a second coinbeing deposited the first coin drops out of the carrier and thesprin 22restores the detent depressed by said rst coin to position to engage themotor controlling element 12. During this revolution of the carrier andshaft 11l the pencils are engaged by the arms of the star wheel andsuccessively fed downward through a slot 24, one pencil being deliveredfor each coin deposited.

There has thus been provided a simple and eiiicientdevice of the kinddescribed andfor the purpose specilied.

' It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of this invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the inventionto the exact form herein shown and described, but

it is wished to include all such as properly.

come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. `In a vending machine, a motor p rovided with a controlling elementand a drive shaft, an article delivering device op.- erated by saiddrive shaft, a check carrier 'fixed upon and rotating with said driveshaft, a detent mounted on said carrier and engaging said controllingelement, said delpath of a check received by tent being positioned onthe carrier in the path ofa check received by the carrier and movable bysaid check to disengage from said controlling element, and means torestore the detent to position to engage the controlling element whenthe check is discharged from the carrier by the rotation thereof.

2. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination with a motorprovided with a controlling element and a drive shaft; of a checkcarrier fixed upon said drive shaft, an open bottom check receivingpocket on said carrier, a detent pivoted to the carrier and engagingsaid controlling `element, said detent having an arm projecting acrossthe bottom of said pocket and adapted to be struck by a checkreceived-in the pocket to move the detent and free the controlling"element, and a spring normally holding said detent. in position toengage the controlling element.

3. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination with a motorprovided with a controlling element and a drive shaft; of a checkcarrier fixed upon said drive shaft, a check receiving pocket on saidcarrier, a detent pivoted to ythe carrier and engaging said controllingelement, said detent havin an arm projecting across said pocket anadapted to be struck by a check received in the pocket to move thedetent and free the controlling element, and means to restore the detentto position to engage the controlling element when the check isdischarged from the pocket.-

4. In a check controlling mechanism, the combination with a motorprovided With a controlling element and a drive shaft; of a. checkcarrier fixed upon said drive shaft, a. check receiving pocket on saidcarrier, a detent pivoted to the carrier and engaging said controllingelement, said detent having an arm projecting across said pocket andadapted to be struck by a check received in the pocket to move thedetent and free the controlling element.

5. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination with a motorprovided with a. controlling element and a drive shaft; of a checkcarrier mounted on said drive shaft, and a detent mounted on said checkcarrier and engaging said controlling element, said detent beingpositioned on the carrier in the the carrier and movable by said checkto dlsengage from the controlling element. l

6. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination` with a motorprovided with a controlling element and a drive shaft; of a checkcarrier mounted on said drive shaft, and a detent mounted on said checkcarrier and engaging said controlling element, said detent beingpositioned on the carrier in the path of a. check received by thecarrier and movable by said check to disengage froml` the controllingelement, and means to restore the dctent to position to engage thecontrolling element when the check is,dis`y charged from the carrier.

T. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination with a motorprovided With a controllingelenient; of a carrier, check receiving meanson said carrier, a detent on said carrier engaging said\ controllingelement, said detent being released from the controlling element -by thepresence of a chock in the check receiving' means, and means to restorethe detent yto position to engage the controlling element when the checkis discharged from the carrier.

8.111 a check controlled mechanism, the combination with a motorprovided with a controlling element; of a carrier, check re ceivingmeans on said carrier, and a detent on said carrier engaging saidcontrolling element. said dctent. being released from the controllingelement by the presence of a check in the check receiving means.

9. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination of a revoluble checkcarrier, a motor to actuate the same and having a controlling element. adetent. mounted on and carried b v the check carrier and released by thecheck from said controlling element to canse the motor to pnt thecarrier in operation, and means operative when the check has beendelivered from the carrier to put the datent in position to engage thecontrolling element of the carrier.

10. In a machine of tbe'class described, a revoluble check carrierincluding a disk pro* vided with aseries of radial slots, a series ofcheck pockets xed on one face of said carrier in alinement With saidslots, said pockets having open bottoms, a series of motor Acontrollingdetents pivoted on the opposite face of said disk, each of said detentsbeing provided With an arm projecting through a respective slot andacross the bottom of a respective i pocket, 'and springs normallyholding said arms against the bottoms of said pockets.

11. In a machine of the class described, a revoluble carrier, an openbottom check pocket fixed on said carrier, a motor controlling detent,pivoted to said carrier, said detent having an arm extending across thebottoni of said pocket, and a ,spring nor mally holding said arm againstsaid bottom.

In testimony whereof, I aiiX my signature, in presence of' twoWitnesses.

WILLiAM' H. MQMANNUS.

'itnesses V. C. BRITENAILE,`

E. M. SCHEAF.

